Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
abomasal | relating to the abomasum, the fourth of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
abomasum | (Lat.) the fourth of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
abomasus | (Lat.) the fourth of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
abranchial | lacking gills. |
abranchiate | lacking gills. |
acaudal | tailless. |
acaudate | tailless. |
acephalic | headless. |
acerous | of, like or resembling a needle. |
acoelous | not having a stomach. |
acrodont | having teeth fused with the jaw; (noun) an acrodont animal. |
actinomere | one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants. |
adactylous | lacking fingers or claws. |
agnathous | lacking jaws, esp of hagfish and lampreys. |
alar | of or pertaining to the wing or shoulder. |
alary | of or pertaining to the wing or shoulder. |
aliped | having wings on the feet; (noun) a creature with winged feet. |
ameboid | resembling an amoeba; changing in shape like an amoeba. |
amoebiform | resembling an amoeba; changing in shape like an amoeba. |
amphipodous | having both walking and swimming feet. |
anarthrous | without distinct joints. |
anarthrously | (Adv.) ANARTHROUS, without distinct joints. |
anarthrousness | the state of being anarthrous. |
anisocercal | of fish, having unequal tail-lobes. |
anourous | having no tail. |
antimere | one of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
antimeric | of or like an antimere, one of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
antimerism | the state of having antimeres. |
antler | the horn of an animal of the deer family. |
antlered | bearing antlers. |
anural | having no tail. |
anurous | having no tail. |
aplacental | having no placenta. |
apod | an animal without feet or ventral fins. |
apodal | lacking feet. |
apode | an animal without feet or ventral fins. |
apodous | footless. |
arthrodia | in zoology, a joint. |
arthrodial | relating to arthrodia, a joint. |
artiodactyl | an animal having an even number of toes on each foot, such as pig, camel, cattle, deer. |
artiodactylous | of or like an artiodactyl, a two-toed animal. |
backfat | the layer of fat between the skin and muscle in animals. |
baculum | (Lat.) the penis bone in some mammals. |
baleen | whalebone. |
befinned | having fins. |
bez | the second tine of a deer's horn. |
bicaudal | having, or terminating in, two tails. |
bicornate | having two horns or hornlike parts. |
bicornuate | having two horns or hornlike parts. |
bidental | having two teeth; (noun) a creature having two teeth; a place struck by lightning then consecrated. |
bimanous | relating to Bimana, two-handed animals, an obsolete name for mankind. |
bipedal | having two feet; spec. using the hind limbs for locomotion. |
bipedality | the state of being bipedal, having two legs. |
bipedally | (Adv.) BIPEDAL, having two feet. |
bisulcate | cloven-footed. |
blastopor | the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals. |
blastoporal | like a blastopor. |
blastopore | the opening of the archenteron in the gastrula that develops into the anus of some animals. |
blowhole | a hole for breathing through; the nostril of a whale etc. |
bosset | a rudimentary antler found on a young deer. |
branchia | (Lat.) a gill. |
branchial | of or relating to gills. |
branchiate | furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments. |
bunodont | having tuberculate molars. |
calipash | a part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell, aka carapace. |
calipee | a part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell, aka plastron. |
callipash | a part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. |
callipee | a part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell, aka plastron. |
cambrel | the joint in the upper part of a horse's hind leg, the hock. |
carapace | the shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo. |
carapaced | having a carapace. |
carapacial | of or like a carapace. |
carapax | the shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo. |
cauda | the area behind an animal's anus. |
caudal | of or pertaining to the tail. |
caudally | (Adv.) CAUDAL, of or pertaining to the tail. |
caudated | having a tail. |
caudation | the state of being caudate, with a tail. |
celom | (Greek) a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
celomic | of or like a celom, a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
cephalate | having a head. |
cercal | of or pertaining to the tail. |
cheekpouch | a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag, eg as in a chipmunk. |
chlamydate | of molluscs, having a mantle. |
chondroskeleton | the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates. |
chordate | having a backbone; (noun) an animal having a backbone. |
clasper | a clasping organ. |
cloot | (Scots) a division of a cloven hoof. |
coelom | (Greek) a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
coelomata | animals having a coelom, of the group Coelomata, which includes the annelids, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates. |
coelome | (Greek) a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
coelomic | relating to the coelom, a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
cormus | (Lat.) the differentiated body of a cormophyte; the whole body of a compound animal. |
corneous | horny. |
cornute | with hornlike outgrowths; (verb) to cuckold. |
coronoid | pertaining to or designating projections of bone likened to a crow's beak. |
cosmin | a substance resembling dentine forming the outer layer of cosmoid scales. |
cosmine | a substance resembling dentine forming the outer layer of cosmoid scales. |
cosmoid | of the scales of coelacanths and lungfish, formed of two bony layers covered by a layer of cosmine. |
cotyloid | a small bone forming part of the acetabular cavity in some mammals. |
cotyloidal | a small bone forming part of the acetabular cavity in some mammals. |
craniate | having a skull or cranium; (noun) a craniate animal. |
crena | (Lat.) a notch or tooth. |
crinate | having hair. |
crinated | having hair. |
crista | (Lat.) a ridge or fold resembling a crest. |
cristate | with an appendage resembling a crest. |
cristated | with an appendage resembling a crest. |
croche | (Fr.) a knob at the top of a deer's horn. |
crumen | (Lat.) a deer's tear-pit. |
crusta | (Lat.) a hard coating a cocktail served in a glass, its rim coated with sugar |
ctenoid | with comblike edge, eg of fish scales. |
curvicaudate | having a curvy tail. |
curvicostate | having curved ribs. |
cuticle | any of various outer layers in a plant or animal, esp a noncellular protective film covering the epidermis in a plant or insect. |
cuticular | relating to a cuticle, any of various outer layers in a plant or animal. |
cynopodous | having claws that do not retract, as dogs. |
denticle | a small toothlike structure, as on the skin of a shark. |
dewclaw | a vestigial digit or claw. |
dewclawed | having a dewclaw. |
dewlapped | having dewlaps. |
dewlapt | having dewlaps. |
dichoptic | having eyes distinctly separate. |
didactyl | an animal having only two digits. |
didelphic | having a double womb, like a marsupial. |
digitated | of a leaf, divided into fingerlike parts. |
diphycercal | of fishes, etc, having the tail symmetrical about the vertebral column, |
diphyodont | having a second set of teeth that replaces the first; (noun) a diphyodont mammal. |
diplozoic | of animals, bilaterally symmetrical. |
dorsal | relating to the back, situated on the back (noun) a dorsal fin |
dorsally | (Adv.) DORSAL, relating to the back. |
dug | the teat or udder of a female mammal. |
duplicident | of certain animals, such as rabbits, having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw. |
ecaudate | tailless. |
echinate | prickly like a hedgehog, bristly. |
echinated | prickly like a hedgehog, bristly. |
edental | without teeth, as of anteaters, armadillos, and sloths. |
edentate | without teeth; (noun) an edentate animal, as an armadillo or sloth. |
electrocyte | a specialized muscle or nerve cell that generates electricity. |
encolure | (Browning) a horse's mane. |
endoskeletal | relating to the endoskeleton. |
endoskeleton | an internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal. |
enterate | having an alimentary canal. |
entoplastral | relating to the entoplastron, the unpaired plate behind the epiplastra in a turtle's plastron. |
entoplastron | the unpaired plate behind the epiplastra in a turtle's plastron. |
epignathous | having a protruding upper jaw. |
epiplastral | relating to an epiplastron, either of the two anterior lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle. |
epiplastron | either of the two anterior lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle. |
episternum | a median bone connected with the sternum. |
excaudate | tailless. |
exuviae | (Lat.) cast-off skins, shells or other coverings of animals; fossil remains of animals. |
exuvial | of or pertaining to exuviae, cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals. |
exuvium | (Lat.) the moulted covering of an animal. |
falcula | (Lat.) a curved and sharp-pointed claw. |
falculate | curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon. |
fangless | destitute of fangs or tusks. |
fanglike | like fangs. |
fetlock | a tuft of hair immediately above horse's hoof. |
fetlocked | having fetlocks. |
filum | (Lat.) a threadlike anatomical structure. |
fimbria | (Lat.) a fringe; any of the threads or other projections forming a fringe. |
fimbrial | pertaining to or having a fringe. |
finless | destitute of fins. |
finny | having fins. |
fishbone | a bone of a fish. |
fissicostate | having divided ribs. |
fissilingual | having a forked or cleft tongue. |
fissiped | with digits separate; (noun) a fissiped animal. |
fissipedal | having toes that are separated from one another, as dogs, cats, bears, and similar carnivores. |
fissipede | with digits separate; (noun) a fissipede animal. |
flabelliform | shaped like a fan. |
flagelliform | shaped like a whip. |
flew | the pendulous upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog. |
flewed | (Shakesp.) furnished with hanging lips, as hounds are. |
floccus | (Lat.) the tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. |
forefoot | one of the front feet of a quadruped. |
forehoof | the hoof of a forefoot. |
foreleg | one of the front legs of an animal. |
forelimb | a front limb eg of a horse. |
forepaw | a front paw. |
forequarter | the front half of a lateral half of the body or carcass of a quadruped. |
foreshank | the upper part of the foreleg of cattle. |
fossette | (Fr.) a small hollow or depression, as in a bone or shell. |
fossorial | adapted for burrowing or digging, eg of claws. |
fossula | (Lat.) a small depression or groove. |
foxtail | the tail or brush of a fox. |
frogeyed | having frog eyes. |
fud | a rabbit's or hare's tail. |
gambrel | the joint in the upper part of a horse's hind leg, the hock. |
ganoin | the hard shiny substance resembling enamel which forms the outer layer of ganoid fish-scales. |
ganoine | the hard shiny substance resembling enamel which forms the outer layer of ganoid fish-scales. |
gaskin | the hind leg of horse between the stifle (knee) and hock (tarsal joint of the hind leg). |
gizzard | the second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground. |
glabrate | smooth, esp having a surface without hairs or projections. |
glabrous | smooth, esp having a surface without hairs or projections. |
glabrousness | the state of being glabrous. |
gressorial | adapted for walking. |
gressorious | adapted for walking. |
hardparts | the skeletal parts of an organism. |
heterocercal | having the vertebral column passing into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually larger than the lower, as in sharks. |
heterocercality | the state of being heterocercal. |
heterocercy | the state of being heterocercal. |
hindfoot | a rear foot. |
hindleg | a rear leg. |
homocercal | of fishes, having the upper and lower lobes of the tailfin alike. |
homocercy | the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail. |
hoof | the hard covering of animal's foot (verb) to dance |
hoofless | destitute of hoofs. |
hooflike | like a hoof. |
horn | a hard, bonelike projection of the head (verb) to form a horn |
hornedness | the condition of being horned. |
hornless | having no horns. |
hornlessness | the state of being hornless. |
hornlet | a little horn. |
hough | a large beast's tendon; (verb) to cripple by tying the legs together. |
hyoplastral | of or like a hyoplastron. |
hyoplastron | in a turtle's plastron, a plate between the hypoplastron and the entoplastron. |
hypognathous | having the lower jaw or mandible protruding. |
hypoplastron | the plate behind the hyoplastron in a turtle's plastron. |
hypural | situated beneath the tail. |
imparidigitate | having an odd number of fingers on each limb. |
indumentum | (Lat.) a total body covering of hair, fur or feathers. |
interneural | situated between the neural spines or spinous processes of successive vertebrae. |
iridocyte | a cell in the skin of a fish that gives the fish iridescence. |
jawless | without jaws. |
jubate | having or possessing a mane. |
keratose | of certain sponges, having a horny skeleton. |
kype | the hook on the lower jaw of a mature male salmon. |
labium | (Lat.) a lip, or liplike organ. |
languet | (Fr.) a tonguelike appendage or outgrowth. |
languette | (Fr.) a tonguelike appendage or outgrowth. |
laniferous | wool-bearing. |
lanigerous | wool-bearing. |
lanuginose | downy; covered with fine soft hair. |
lanuginous | downy; covered with fine soft hair. |
leptocercal | slender-tailed. |
lobus | (Lat.) a lobe. |
longicaudate | long-tailed. |
loppy | pendulous (noun) in Australia, a man employed to do maintenance tasks on a ranch |
loricate | covered with an armor, such as scales or bony plates on reptiles; (verb) to coat or armour protectively. |
lytta | (Lat.) a small ligament in a dog's tongue. |
macrodactyl | of an animal, having long fingers or toes; (noun) one of a group of wading birds. |
mammate | having breasts. |
maned | having a mane. |
maneless | without a mane. |
maniplies | the third stomach of a ruminant, aka omasum or psalterium. |
manubrial | shaped like a handle. |
manyplies | the third stomach of a ruminant, aka omasum or psalterium. |
marsupium | (Lat.) the pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young. |
megalopic | having large eyes. |
merome | one of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed. |
merosome | one of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed. |
mesoblast | another name for the mesoderm, the middle germ layer of the embryo in early development. |
mesoblastic | like a mesoblast. |
mesomere | an embryonic segment. |
metameric | relating to a metamere, a serial division or segmentation of a body. |
metamerically | (Adv.) METAMERIC, relating to a metamere, a serial division or segmentation of a body. |
microdont | having unusually small teeth. |
moniplies | the third stomach of a ruminant, aka omasum or psalterium. |
monocardian | having an undivided heart; (noun) a creature that has only one heart. |
monocerous | having only one horn. |
monodactylous | one-toed or one-fingered. |
monodont | one-tusked, like a narwhal. |
monophyodont | an animal with only one set of teeth. |
monyplies | the third stomach of a ruminant, aka omasum or psalterium. |
mouthless | destitute of a mouth. |
mouthpart | part of a mouth. |
multungulate | having the hoof divided into more than two parts; (noun) a multungulate animal. |
muzzle | to put a covering over the mouth of to prevent biting or eating. |
neuromast | a sensory cell in fish. |
notochord | a backbone-like series of cells in the lowest vertebrates. |
notochordal | relating to the notochord, a backbone-like series of cells in the lowest vertebrates. |
nudicaudate | with hairless tail. |
oculate | having eyes. |
oculated | having eyes. |
odontostomatous | having biting or toothed jaws. |
omasal | relating to the omasum, the third of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
omasum | (Lat.) the third of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
opercele | an anatomical part that serves as a lid or cover. |
oscule | a small mouthlike aperture. |
osselet | a hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee. |
ostiate | having an ostium (a mouthlike opening) or ostia. |
overhair | the long hair overlying the fur of some animals. |
packwax | the strong tendon in an animal's neck. |
palamate | webfooted. |
paleate | having scales. |
paries | (Lat.) a wall of hollow organ or cavity. |
parotoid | any of various glands which form warty excrescences behind the eyes in some amphibians, esp toads. |
pastern | the part of horse's foot between the fetlock joint and the upper edge of the hoof. |
patagial | of or like a patagium, a web of skin between the forelimbs and hind-limbs of tree-dwelling creatures. |
patagium | (Lat.) a web of skin between forelimbs and hind-limbs of tree-dwelling creatures, that acts as a wing, as in bat or flying squirrel. |
paw | a clawed foot; (verb) to scrape with a paw. |
paxwax | the strong tendon in an animal's neck. |
pecten | (Lat.) a comblike structure of various kinds eg in a bird's or reptile's eye. |
pedicled | having pedicles, bony protrusion of the skull from which an antler grows. |
pelage | (Fr.) an animal's coat of hair or wool. |
pelon | a hairless person or animal. |
pentadactyl | having five fingers or toes to each hand or foot; (noun) a pentadactyl animal. |
pentadactylic | having five digits. |
pentadactylism | the state of being pentadactylic. |
pentadactylous | having five digits. |
perennibranch | retaining the gills throughout life; (noun) a perennibranch creature. |
peristomatic | relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth. |
peristome | the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth. |
peristomial | relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth. |
pholidosis | the arrangement of scales, as in fish and reptiles. |
photogen | a light-producing organ in animals. |
photogene | an afterimage. |
placoid | having platelike scales; (noun) a fish with platelike scales. |
plantigrade | walking on the soles of the feet, as humans do; (noun) a plantigrade animal. |
pleopod | a swimming leg (an abdominal appendage of shrimps, lobsters, and isopods for locomotion or respiration). |
pleurodont | with teeth attached to the inside of the jawbone, rather than rooted in it; (noun) a pleurodont animal, such as a reptile. |
podophthalmous | having eyes on stalks, like some crabs. |
postaxial | situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
postocular | behind the eye; (noun) a scale situated behind the eye of some lizards. |
preaxial | situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
preaxially | (Adv.) PREAXIAL, situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
precaudal | in front of the caudal fin. |
prehensile | adapted to seize or grasp, esp by wrapping round; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. |
prehensility | the state of being prehensile. |
prehensive | prehensile, related to grasping. |
prehensor | something that grasps or seizes. |
prehensorial | prehensile, related to grasping. |
prehensory | adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile. |
premandibular | in front of the lower jaw; (noun) a bone so placed in fishes, etc. |
prepollex | (Lat.) in some animals, a rudimentary innermost finger. |
prepubis | the animal hip bone. |
prosoma | the anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod. |
prosomal | relating to the prosoma, the anterior of the body of an animal. |
protrusile | that can be protruded. |
psalterium | (Lat.) the third stomach of ruminants. |
pseudopodium | a process protruding from the cell of a protozoan, etc, used for movement or feeding. |
pterion | (Greek) a suture in the skull. |
pterygial | of or relating to a wing or fin; (noun) a bone in a fin. |
pterygium | a vertebrate limb. |
pulvillar | cushion-like. |
pygal | the posterior median plate of a chelonian carapace. |
quadrumanous | of apes, etc., with all four feet adapted for use as hands. |
quadrupedal | having four feet. |
radulate | having a radula, a mollusc's tongue, that is studded with tiny teeth. |
raphe | (Lat.) a seamlike junction. |
reticulum | (Lat.) the second stomach of a ruminant. |
rhodophane | the red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. |
ribless | having no ribs. |
rictus | (Lat.) a gaping mouth; an orifice. |
rumen | (Lat.) the first of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
ruminal | of or like the rumen. |
sac | in biology, a baglike structure. |
salpiform | shaped like a barrel. |
sawtooth | one of a set of teeth resembling a saw, as on certain sharks. |
scaleless | destitute of scales. |
sclerite | a hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, esp a spicule of the Alcyonaria. |
scleritic | of or like a sclerite, a hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle. |
sclerodermatous | hard-skinned; having bony armour. |
sclerodermic | hard-skinned; having bony armour. |
sclerodermite | the integument of a segment in arthropods. |
sclerodermous | hard-skinned; having bony armour. |
sclerotal | a sclerotic bone or plate. |
scopa | (Lat.) a brushlike tuft on back legs or abdomen of bees. |
scut | the tail of eg a rabbit. |
scute | a hard exoskeletal plate. |
scutellar | like a scutella, a small scute, a hard exoskeletal plate. |
scutellate | shaped like a platter; covered with scutellae. |
scutellated | shaped like a platter; covered with scutellae. |
scutellation | an arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body. |
scutum | (Lat.) a hard exoskeletal plate. |
secodont | having cutting teeth; (noun) an animal having cutting teeth. |
sectorial | adapted for cutting; (noun) a tooth designed for flesh-eating. |
selenodont | having crescent-shaped ridges on the crowns of the molar teeth; (noun) a selenodont animal. |
sensilla | (Lat.) in insects, a small sense organ on the integument. |
sensillum | (Lat.) in insects, a small sense organ on the integument. |
septal | of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell. |
sericterium | a silk spinning gland. |
serra | (Lat.) a serrated organ, structure, or edge. |
seta | (Lat.) a bristle; any bristlelike organ. |
setal | like a bristle. |
setose | thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs. |
setous | thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs. |
setule | a small bristle. |
setulose | having small bristles or setules. |
setulous | having small bristles or setules. |
siphonate | having a siphon or siphons. |
snout | the projecting muzzle of an animal, esp a pig (verb) to provide with a snout |
snoutish | like a snout. |
snoutlike | like a snout. |
snouty | resembling a beast's snout. |
solidungulate | an animal with an uncloven hoof. |
solidungulous | having a single hoof on each foot. |
solipedous | having single hoofs. |
soma | (Greek) the whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. |
somital | relating to a somite, the body segment of a vertebrate embryo. |
somite | the body segment of a vertebrate embryo. |
somitic | relating to a somite, the body segment of a vertebrate embryo. |
soricident | having teeth like a shrew's. |
spald | (Scots) the shoulder, esp of an animal used as food. |
spalle | (Spenser) the shoulder, esp of an animal used as food. |
spaul | (Scots) the shoulder, esp of an animal used as food. |
squama | (Lat.) a scale. |
squamate | like, having or covered with scales; (noun) a creature covered with scales. |
squame | a scale. |
squamosal | a paired membrane bone of the vertebrate skull, the squamous portion of the temporal bone. |
squamose | like, having or covered with scales. |
squamosely | (Adv.) SQUAMOSE, like, having or covered with scales. |
squamous | like, having or covered with scales. |
squamously | (Adv.) SQUAMOUS, like, having or covered with scales. |
squamule | a little scale. |
squamulose | covered with very small scales, as in snakes. |
statocyst | an organ of balance in some invertebrates. |
subcaudal | situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal bones. |
subterminal | of a band or stripe, situated before the tip of the tail. |
suctorial | designed for sucking or adhering. |
surroyal | one of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer. |
suspensorial | of or like the suspensorium. |
suspensorium | that which holds up a part, esp the arrangement joining the lower jaw to the cranium in vertebrates below mammals. |
sweetbread | the thymus gland of a young animal. |
syndactyl | with digits joined together; (noun) an animal with digits joined together. |
syndactyly | the state of being syndactyl, with digits joined together. |
syngnathous | of certain fish, having the jaws fused to form a tubular structure. |
tagma | (Greek) any of the distinct regions of the body in arthropods. |
tail | a hindmost part; (verb) to provide with a tail. |
tailless | without a tail. |
taillessly | (Adv.) TAILLESS, without a tail. |
talant | (Spenser) talon. |
talaunt | (Spenser) a talon. |
tapetal | relating to the tapetum, a reflective layer of the choroid in the eyes of many animals. |
tapetum | (Lat.) a reflective layer of the choroid in the eyes of many animals, causing them to shine in the dark. |
teat | the small protuberance through which the mammalian young suck the milk. |
teated | having teats. |
tectorial | covering, eg a tectorial membrane. |
tegument | the natural covering of an animal or plant body. |
tegumental | of or like a tegument. |
tegumentary | of or like a tegument. |
teleostome | with membrane bones in the skull, jaws etc, as with any ordinary fish except skates and rays; (noun) a teleostome fish. |
telson | (Greek) the last segment of the abdomen, or an appendage to it, in crustaceans and arachnids. |
telsonic | relating to a telson, the last segment of the abdomen in many arthropods. |
tentacle | an elongated, flexible appendage of some animals. |
tentaculate | like a tentacle. |
tentaculoid | like a tentacle. |
tentaculum | a tentacle. |
testaceous | having a hard shell; brick-red. |
testudinal | like a tortoiseshell or testudo. |
tetradactyl | a four-toed animal. |
tetradactyly | the state of being a tetradactyl, a four-toed animal. |
tetrapodous | having four feet. |
tewel | a chimney; the rectum or anus of a horse. |
thurl | the hip-joint in cattle. |
tibiofibula | a bone esp in frogs and toads that is formed by a fusion of the tibia and fibula. |
trematic | of the gill-slits. |
trifid | cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft. |
trilobal | having three lobes. |
triploblastic | having an ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, as in most animal groups other than coelenterates. |
trotter | a foot, esp of a sheep or pig. |
trunk | the main stem of a tree. |
trunked | having a trunk. |
tuberculate | bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences. |
tuberculated | bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences. |
tuberculately | (Adv.) TUBERCULATE, bearing knobbly projections or excrescences. |
tunica | (Lat.) an enclosing membrane or layer of tissue. |
tuskless | without tusks. |
tusky | having tusks. |
udder | a mammary gland. |
uddered | having udders. |
udderless | destitute or deprived of an udder. |
uncus | (Lat.) a hook or hooklike process or structure. |
uneyed | not having eyes. |
ungual | of or bearing a claw, hoof, or talon. |
unguiculate | having claws or nails; (noun) an animal having claws or nails. |
unguiculated | clawed, clawlike. |
unguis | (Lat.) a claw or nail. |
ungula | (Lat.) a hoof, claw, or talon. |
ungular | of or like an ungula, a hoof, claw, or talon. |
ungulate | having hooves; (noun) a hoofed animal. |
unguligrade | walking on hoofs. |
urceolus | (Lat.) a pitcher-shaped sheath or structure, as the tube in which some rotifers live. |
urochord | the central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. |
uromere | any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod. |
urosome | the abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods. |
urostege | (Greek) a snake's ventral tail-plate. |
urostegite | a snake's ventral tail-plate. |
urosthenic | having a tail designed for propulsion. |
urostyle | a prolongation of the last vertebra in frogs, toads, etc. |
varix | (Lat.) a varicose swelling; a ridge on the surface of eg a snail's shell. |
vell | the fourth stomach of a calf, aka abomasum. |
ventral | pertaining to the underside or the belly (noun) a ventral fin |
ventrally | (Adv.) VENTRAL, pertaining to the underside or the belly. |
vertebrated | having a backbone. |
vestibulum | (Lat.) a cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. |
vibrissa | (Lat.) a sensitive whisker on animal's face. |
vibrissal | like a vibrissa, a sensitive whisker on an animal's face. |
viperiform | shaped like a snake or viper. |
webfoot | a foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane. |
webfooted | having webbed feet. |
xenarthral | having additional facets on the dorsolumbar vertebrae, like sloths, anteaters and armadillos. |
xenophya | (Greek) elements of a shell or skeleton not secreted by the organism itself. |
xiphiplastron | in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |
zalambdodont | having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges, as some Insectivora do; (noun) an animal having such teeth. |
zoecium | (Greek) the body wall or enclosing chamber of a polyzoan individual. |
zooecium | (Greek) the body wall or enclosing chamber of a polyzoan individual. |
zoonite | one of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. |
zoonitic | like a zoonite, one of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. |
zoothecial | of or like a zoothecium, the tubular sheath of certain infusorians. |
zoothecium | the tubular sheath of certain infusorians. |
zygantrum | (Greek) in snakes and some lizards, an additional vertebral articulation. |
zygodont | relating to molar teeth whose cusps are paired. |
zygosphene | a median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front. |